The bill passed the Senate Government and Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 30, 2015.

The bill passed a Senate floor vote (40 yeas, 7 nays).

Text of the bill: Harassment policies.
Each state agency, department, and institution shall adopt and enforce a policy on
employee harassment, including sexual harassment. The policy must clearly define
harassment and specify the responsibilities of the employee, supervisor, and the agency,
department, or institution. If an agency, department, or institution does not adopt a harassment
policy, the agency, department, or institution must be subject to the policy adopted by the North
Dakota human resource management services division.

Note: Nowhere in this brief bill do the terms "abusive conduct" or "workplace bullying" or "status-blind harassment" appear. The authors have clearly intended to expand the definition of harassment to include bullying by amending the original text by deleting the adjective "unlawful" in front of harassment. It is a subtle change certain to be missed by many lawmakers and practitioners.

HB 1428 is not yet the full version of the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB).